Ede girls learn from their grandmothers and mothers to weave brocade fabric and make clothes and blankets when they are little. These products are for family use and given by a bride as gifts for her ...

Although brocade products of the Ede ethnic minority in the Central Highland province of Dak Lak are not totally hand-made now, they still retain many old patterns. Ede women weave their own clothes ...

Benarasi in her hands always attains a greater level of versatility as a weave every time she launches a new collection. City-based designer Pinki Sinha’s new collection Jugalbandi is a testament to ...

Have you ever cherished the experience of opening your cupboard, taking out your mother or grandmother’s handloom weaves and caressing the intricate zari patterns? Have you looked at these handloom ...

Turning Indian textiles and handlooms into an avant-garde style statement is no less than an art. When designer Vidhi Singhania ventured into this world more than a decade ago — when she moved to ...

Two years ago, Patnam Subramanyan, 43, examined the border of an old cotton sari. The gold stood out even though the body of the sari had been destroyed. It brought back a long-buried memory for ...

I grew up watching my mother and aunts draping the Dhakai Jamdani sari. There's only one word to describe the weave and that is elegant,' says fashion designer Paromita Banerjee, showing off the ...